The Private and Public Water Supplies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 No. 346

PART 3 S Amendment of Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Amendment of regulation 2 S

13.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the 2014 Regulations, after the definition of “human consumption purposes” insert—

““indicative dose” means the committed effective dose for one year of ingestion resulting from all radionuclides whose presence has been detected in a supply of water intended for human consumption purposes, of natural and artificial origin, but excluding tritium, potassium-40, radon and short-lived radon decay products;”.

Amendment of regulation 6 S

F1 14.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 14 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12

Amendment of regulation 9 S

F2 15.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 15 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12

Amendment of Schedule 1 S

16.  In Schedule 1 (prescribed concentrations and values) to the 2014 Regulations—

(a) in Part 2 of Table C (indicator parameters)—

(i) in the entry for item 14 (indicative dose), omit “/year”;

(ii) after that entry, insert—

“14A.

Radon(e)

100

Bq/l

Supply point(b)”; and

(iii) in the entry for item 15 (tritium), after “Tritium” insert “ ^(f) ”;

(b) in the notes to Table C, after the note for “^(d)” insert—

“(e) Remedial action is to be deemed justified on radiological protection grounds, without further consideration, where radon concentrations exceed 1,000 Bq/l.

(f) If the concentration of tritium exceeds this value, an analysis of the presence of other artificial radionuclides must be also carried out by Scottish Water.”; and

(c) after Table C (and the notes to that table), omit the definition of “Indicative dose”.

Amendment of Schedule 2 S

17.  In Schedule 2 (monitoring) to the 2014 Regulations—

F3 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) after Table 4, in the final paragraph, omit “ “Indicative dose”,”.

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 17(a)(b) revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12

Insertion of Schedule 2A S

F4 18.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Reg. 18 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12

Insertion of Schedule 3A S

F5 19.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Reg. 19 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12